Big reward for info in postal worker robbery

December 4, 2008 6:09:38 PM PST

RICHMOND, CA --

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service today offered a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who robbed a letter carrier at gunpoint in Richmond on Wednesday, police said.

The 39-year-old victim was unlocking his 2001 red Kia Sportage in the employee parking lot of the McVittie Postal Annex at 2100 Chanslor Ave. shortly after 5:30 p.m. when the suspect approached him and brandished a gun, postal officials said.